Never Judge A Book By Its Cover

How many times have you looked at a WOD and thought “What’s the problem here?”

Well that was what today was all about.

Five rounds for time of:

• 5 x Deadlift (80% 1RM)
• 10 x Ring Dips

I did this on Friday to make sure I was happy with the WOD and 6:47 later and I was understanding what the problem was. The heavy deadlifts pool all your blood into your lower half and then you have to go make use of your upper body.  A simple couplet that manages to create a terrific load on the system.

There were some great efforts and my time only just survived with a morning best of 6′ 50″.

Just to make sure we were hitting the right weights we started with some heavy deadlifts to confirm/discover our 1RM.

Some great improvements here.

And we finished with a great little Afterparty of tabbata hand stand holds and/or planks.

Mark deadlifting

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1. WOD 24 March: “The well earned rest”
2. WOD 12 July: Weighted lunges are fun!
3. WOD 24 May: Snatches, push-ups, and…wait a minute…HOW MANY knees-to-elbows?
4. WOD 24 Feb: Pull ups, Leg raises & Back raises: Team style!
5. WOD 8 July: Ab-dab and Jerks